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Defense minister says Iran opposes foreign intervention in the Caucasus region
1+ hour, 31+ min ago (405+ words) TEHRAN " Iranian Defense Minister Aziz Nasirzadeh says the Islamic Republic opposes any change in the Caucasus geopolitics, suggesting that security in the region should be provided by the regional countries. "The security in the region should be provided through interaction…...
Iran has strategic view toward Africa: Pezeshkian
1+ hour, 42+ min ago (206+ words) TEHRAN - President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Monday that Africa's strategic importance has a special place in Iran's foreign policy, saying Tehran seriously follows comprehensive ties with African states based on balanced diplomacy and mutual interest. In a meeting with General…...
IRGC Ground Force stages hybrid drill in southern Iran
1+ hour, 53+ min ago (217+ words) TEHRAN - The Ground Force of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) on Tuesday conducted a hybrid military exercise in southern Iran and on the Persian Gulf islands. The drill included controlled live-fire operations carried out using a range of weapons…...
Dead end of maximum pressure
2+ hour, 2+ min ago (644+ words) Khorasan analyzed Steve Witkoff's admission about Donald Trump's surprise at Iran's resilience under maximum pressure. According to the newspaper, Witkoff's recent remarks'expressing Trump's astonishment and frustration that Iran has not surrendered despite Washington's escalating pressure'carry several strategic messages about the…...
Epstein scandal goes far beyond one man, says American journalist
2+ hour, 15+ min ago (1734+ words) TEHRAN- The Jeffrey Epstein scandal continues to generate headlines as new documents are unsealed, yet fundamental questions about accountability, power, and institutional complicity remain unanswered." While the case is often framed as a series of horrific but isolated criminal acts,…...
Syria's agrarian collapse: The undeclared costs of “reform” and occupation
2+ hour, 27+ min ago (575+ words) SOUTH LEBANON " Recent statements by Grand Mufti of Syria, Osama al-Rifai, regarding the nation's agrarian reform lands have sparked a renewed and impassioned debate on one of Syria's most contentious socio-economic debates. In what many interpreted as a sweeping religious…...
Ukraine war enters fifth year amid Western strategic miscalculations
7+ hour, 25+ min ago (455+ words) TEHRAN " The morning of February 24, 2026, marked the 1,461st day of Europe's largest land war since 1945, a milestone defined more by strategic exhaustion than by any credible path toward resolution. What opened as a lightning strike on Kyiv has hardened into an…...
Kushner’s overreach in France: A wake-up call for European independence
7+ hour, 26+ min ago (317+ words) TEHRAN " Recent tensions between Paris and Washington over U.S. Ambassador Charles Kushner go beyond a routine diplomatic spat'they expose America's bullying, coercive, and domineering behavior, rather than just a disagreement between allies. Kushner's refusal to attend a summons from the French…...
Report: US officials rush to calm Arab anger over Huckabee’s Greater Israel remarks
9+ hour, 16+ min ago (161+ words) Senior Trump administration officials are working to reassure Arab nations after Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee said in a podcast interview with Tucker Carlson that Israel has a right to control vast areas of the Middle East, Politico reported Monday....
Russia investigates Telegram founder Pavel Durov for ‘assisting terrorism’
9+ hour, 25+ min ago (206+ words) Russia stepped up its effort to assert authority over the Telegram messaging app on Tuesday, announcing in a state-run newspaper that billionaire founder Pavel Durov is being investigated in a criminal case involving accusations of assisting terrorism, Reuters reported. The…...